hot water

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Cochrane’s breakthrough was to use pressurized water—spraying hot water upward onto dishes, which were held in place by metal racks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Videogame stocks have been in hot water recently.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

A squirt of dish soap, a cup of hot water, a few pulses to loosen the worst of it—then a quick pass with a brush.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Videos upon videos of Americans ditching ice water for hot water in the morning, boiling apples into tea, and saying that we have met them “at a very Chinese time” in their lives.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Meadowlark busies herself next to me, squeezing lemon and dunking her tea bag in and out of the mug of hot water.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy